Senate Bill S6313

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Abolishes the New York city and Nassau county regional off-track betting corporations and establishes a reconstituted Metropolitan OTB

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6313 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3683
2013-2014: S2723

2009-S6313 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Abolishes the New York city and Nassau county regional off track betting corporations and establishes a reconstituted Metropolitan OTB.

2009-S6313 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6313

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
  relation  to  abolishing  the New York city and Nassau county regional
  off-track betting corporations and establishing a reconstituted Metro-
  politan OTB

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 502 of the racing, pari-mu-
tuel  wagering and breeding law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 710
of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
  1. A regional off-track betting corporation is hereby established  for
each region, except the New York city [region] AND NASSAU COUNTY REGIONS
for which [the New York city] A RECONSTITUTED NEW YORK CITY-NASSAU COUN-
TY off-track betting corporation (HEREINAFTER, THE METROPOLITAN OTB), IS
HEREBY  established pursuant to and subject to article six of this chap-
ter AND shall constitute the regional corporation and such  article  six
shall  govern  such  [New  York city] RECONSTITUTED NEW YORK CITY-NASSAU
COUNTY off-track betting corporation. Each regional corporation shall be
a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit  corporation.
Each  corporation shall be administered by a board of directors consist-
ing of two members from each participating county containing a  city  of
over  one  hundred  fifty  thousand in population, according to the last
federal census, and one member from  each  other  participating  county.
Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the members
shall be appointed by  the  county  governing  body,  and  may,  at  the
discretion of such governing body of counties which have a population of
less  than two hundred thousand, include sitting members of such govern-
ing body. A member of a governing body who is appointed a director after
July first, nineteen hundred ninety shall  not  be  compensated  by  the
regional  corporation;  provided,  however,  that the mayor of a city of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15165-01-9
              

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